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Barone announced Haunted Chocolatier back in 2021, but amid ongoing work on his phenomenally successful Stardew Valley, progress on the follow-up has been slow going. Indeed, in June, Barone admitted to feeling somewhat embarrassed to have to keep on saying he was still working away on the game. “Feels kinda dumb posting this same thing over and over, but that’s the reality,” he said at the time.

In a new interview with GQ (thanks, Eurogamer), Barone touched on what to expect from Haunted Chocolatier when it eventually comes out, and it sounds more different from Stardew Valley than I had expected. It’s set in a more “metaphysical” locale, for a start, and in terms of gameplay it’s more of an action RPG.

“It is still what I call a town game,” Barone said, “But it’s more of an action RPG — the main focus is more about adventuring, finding equipment and getting more powerful. There are monsters, there are boss fights. It's for the people in Stardew Valley that go into the mines. That's what I do, honestly.”

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[–] shifty@leminal.space 4 points 34 minutes ago

Perfect. My favorite way to play Stardew is to freeze time and energy and just attack the mines and skull cavern until I die. With a bit of fishing on the side.

Since there's no farming focus, I hope they dont buil the day night cycle in Haunted Chocolatier.

[–] mesamunefire@piefed.social 9 points 1 hour ago

I look forward to it.

[–] Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.world 4 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

Does anyone know if it takes place in the same universe as Stardew?

[–] velma@sh.itjust.works 11 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

Does it take place in the world of Stardew Valley?

I’m not ready to reveal anything like that just yet.

Not confirmed yet :/

I hope it is!

[–] Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.world 3 points 46 minutes ago

Aww, that disappointing, but thanks for doing the leg work on that issue.